How big is Mallorca?
Mallorca is the biggest of the Balearic Islands and Menorca the second biggest. Their names derive from the Latin for ‘major’ and ‘minor’ (in English, they are Majorca and Minorca). Mallorca is approximately 70 miles wide and 46 miles north-south, although it has a good 325 miles of coastline. From wherever you are in Mallorca, you can reach any other point on the island in a maximum of half a day. In 2006, the population of Mallorca was 790,763, just under half of whom live in Palma. However, several million tourists visit Mallorca every year, so there are always a lot more people on the island than actually live there.
